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But Varanasi is not only for death. The ghats and the river Ganges are very much for the living. Each day, thousands of pilgrims line the ghats and spill over into the river - praying, making offerings to the gods, dipping in the holy water, seeking solace and salvation.
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Varanasi...........to be continued
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What are the women in the group doing?
Posted by: DonnaK | Friday, November 04, 2005 at 08:29 PM
I'm not sure exactly what they were doing, but it looked like some sort of religious ritual. First they were sitting around in a circle, with their heads down, chanting, holding flower garlands, then they each took out a vessel (container) and held it up and one of them stood up and poured water from a kettle into a vessel in the middle of the group. I think at the point where I took this photograph they were distributing little flower and candle packets.
Posted by: Basia | Saturday, November 05, 2005 at 05:28 AM